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Cretney pleased with flood response

The infrastructure minister says he is impressed with the way the Island came together to tackle yesterday's floods.

David Cretney says the DoI received more than 200 calls over the course of the evening, but help from the emergency services, civil defence and local authorities made the situation managable.

However he does feel drainage systems, particularly near fields and ditches, need to be reassessed.

Mr Cretney thinks a few factors contributed to yesterday's problems:

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